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Finally, A Court Attempts To Learn If Obama Is Eligible

The nation appears to be catching on to the fact that they were duped by the Democrat National Convention (DNC), through dissembling and deceit, nominating a candidate that was not eligible to be on the 2008 presidential ballot. The forces that worked to keep the fraud concealed are now using the entire power of all branches of the federal government to keep a never-vetted and unqualified putative president in office by whatever means necessary.

There are 9 types of citizen in the United States. “U.S. Citizen” and “Natural Born Citizen” do not equate, yet liberal propagandists “dumb-downed” Americans through the decades to believe both types of citizenships are the same. It has been a deliberate plan to marginalize and/or silence the Article II, Section 2.5 Constitutionalists by calling them “birthers” and “racists.” The majority of Americans believe one only needs to be born in the United States to run for president. This misconception is the handiwork of anti-American entities who have worked diligently to shred the Constitution and usher in a different form of government.

All eyes and ears will be focused on an Atlanta courtroom on January 26, 2012 to see if Barack Hussein Obama will appear as a private citizen and prove his eligibility to be on the state ballot as compelled by subpoenas issued by Administrative Judge Michael Malihi. Obama’s counsel in Atlanta, Michael Jablonski, filed a Motion to Dismiss attorney Orly Taitz’s challenge to Obama’s eligibility to be on the Georgia ballot, and for the first time in three years, a judge denied an Obama request/motion in a court of law and the case moved forward. Then Obama’s counsel filed a request to quash the subpoena compelling Obama to attend the hearing complaining that [His] duties as president of the United States would be interrupted and that the subpoena was, “on its face, unreasonable.” Ironically, the motion was filed the day after Obama sang a solo at a fundraiser at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Again, request DENIED.

Contrary to popular opinion, Obama’s eligibility to be president has never been heard on merit in a court of law. Until now, all lawsuits filed against Obama had been dismissed for “no standing” or “wrong jurisdiction.” The decisions came from federal judges under the auspices of Eric Holder’s Justice department and Elena Kagan, Obama’s pre-election counsel and now, of course, sitting Supreme Court Justice.

There are many of us ‘birthers’ living in fear because we never fell for what we knew was brain-washing and propaganda being fed to the American people for generations. But we ‘birthers’ never forgot the words of a letter dated 25 July 1787 from John Jay to General George Washington as the Constitution was being drafted: “Permit me to hint, whether it would not be wise and seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of foreigners into the administration of our national Government, and to declare expressly that the Command in chief of the American army shall not be given to, nor devolved on, any but a natural born Citizen.”

On January 26th, 2012, will Obama again defy the will of the American people and maintain his status quo of living above the law, or will we, the Article II Constitutionalists, have our day in court? Judge Malihi will consider the Supreme Court ruling in Minor vs. Happersett establishing the definition of ‘natural born Citizen’ as born in the United States of parents who are themselves United States citizens. The ruling is binding precedent as to the Constitutional definition of a natural born Citizen. Constitutional attorney Mario Apuzzo at puzo1.blogspot.com in my opinion has the most consistent and well-documented papers on the eligibility issue where I suggest is the place to go to for back up.

Obama is also compelled to produce his historic documents including but not limited to his birth certificate, adoption papers, and Indonesian school records. Should he not comply with the subpoena to appear or present his papers, he will lose anyway because his name will not be put on the Georgia State ballot, and the plaintiffs in the three cases to be heard will submit evidence of Obama’s deception and fraud not the least of which is lying on his application to the Illinois Bar. In the space asking for other names used by the applicant, Obama entered “none.” Add to this his use of a Connecticut social security number that was never issued to him and fails the E-Verify check. Intriguingly, the social security number is shared by a Harrison J. Bounell from Connecticut, long since deceased but at one time a roomer/tenant in a home owned by the Robinson family. Now that’s just too speculative, too coincidental to be Michelle Robinson Obama’s Connecticut relatives. But then there’s the selective service record that ties to the social security number but is so fraught with anomalies that taken with the recent problems of a suspicious “Frankenstein” document posted on the WhiteHouse.gov website on April 27, 2011, the whole business reeks of ineptitude or is it deliberate subversive activity.

I for one will be all eyes and ears on January 26. A decision one way or another will help me in my plan to form a coalition of Oklahoma Ballot Challengers to take our case to the Oklahoma House of Representatives. We have been rebuffed by gatekeeper “Fran” on the election board [who says we have to be a presidential candidate from Oklahoma to file a complaint], by the Attorney General’s office (who will only take cases from the FBI and the FBI that says “Its been settled”), and by our own Sen. Tom Coburn who says “Its a non-issue” as well as Sen. James Inhofe who says “Its a non issue” but co-sponsored a bill to change the definition of natural born Citizen to mean born anywhere as long as one parent is a citizen. Thank God and the wisdom of our founding fathers the bill failed as did the other eight or so attempts in Congress between 2004-2008 during Obama’s rise to political power.

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Iran Preparing For Armageddon

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has held several secret meetings with his economic and military advisers in recent days to prepare for the possibility of war with the United States.

Sources report the preparations are to include the execution of those Iranians who oppose the regime.

Khamenei has been heard to say that the coming of the last Islamic Messiah, the Shiites’ 12th Imam Mahdi, is near and that specific actions need to be taken to protect the Islamic regime for upcoming events.

Mahdi, according to Shiite belief, will reappear at the time of Armageddon.

Selected forces within the Revolutionary Guards and Basij reportedly have been trained under a task force called “Soldiers of Imam Mahdi” and they will bear the responsibility of security and protecting the regime against uprisings. Many in the Guards and Basij have been told that the 12th Imam is on earth, facilitated the victory of Hezbollah over Israel in the 2006 war and soon will announce publicly his presence after the needed environment is created.

Ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease is characterized by recurrent attacks of diarrhea with mucus and blood, alternating with periods of calm.SymptomatologySymptomatology of ulcerative colitis is characterized by digestive and extradigestive manifestations.

Digestive manifestations are represented by diarrhea with blood, mucus and pus. Also may appear abdominal pain, tenesmus and abdominal cramps. Palpation of the abdomen is painful in hypogastrium or on colic trajectory. Diarrhea episodes usually occur in a total of 3 to 10 bloody stools per day, and in severe forms can occur only emission of blood, mucus and pus.

Endoscopy is useful in highlighting the damage. Typical of ulcerative colitis is affecting the rectum, but the continuous character of lesions which are seen at endoscopy. Therefore with a simple endoscopy, the diagnosis may be suggested and then confirmed by biopsy. The typical endoscopic appearance of mucosa is full of blood. The mucosa is friable with superficial ulcers, diffuse erythema and loss of vascular typical design. The mucosa is covered with pus and mucus.Colonoscopy is used to assess the degree of extension of ulcerative colitis in the colon.Biopsy of the colic mucosa is mandatory for diagnosis, assessing severity of injuries in this way.Positive diagnosis will put on the presence of diarrhea with blood, mucus and pus and also by the appearance of the colic mucosa seen at endoscopy, followed by confirmation, which is done by biopsy.

Classification of ulcerative colitis:

Classification ulcerative colitis is based on clinical forms, on the assessing of the severity of lesions and based on the localization of the lesions.Clinical forms of ulcerative colitis:

Fulminant form of ulcerative colitis;

Intermittent chronic form of ulcerative colitis, characterized by the occurrence of acute episodes on the background of almost complete remission;

Chronic continuous form of ulcerative colitis, very rare.

The assessing of the severity of the lesions is done after Trulove’s classification, which is based on the number of stools and intensity of clinical signs:

Mild form of ulcerative colitis: characterized by up to 4 stools / day with blood and mucus, and the patient’s general condition is good, without fever or denutrition and anemia is discreet;

Severe form of ulcerative colitis: more than 6 stools / day, high fever, anemia and hypoalbuminemia, blood in large amounts in stool and malaise.

After localization, ulcerative colitis is classified as follows:

Proctitis, this form of injury occurs in the rectum or at rectosigmoid level;

Left colitis, lesions affecting the entire descending colon;

Pancolitis, lesions affecting the entire colon.

Complications:

Toxic megacolon;

Perforation with secondary peritonitis;

Intestinal stenosis;

Massive bleeding with severe anemia;

Colon cancer.

TreatmentTreatment begins with some dietary measures, by which should be avoided if possible milk and milk products, raw vegetables and fruits, especially those with seeds and concentrated sweets.Drug treatment depends on the intensity of the disease:

In severe forms of ulcerative colitis, nutrition will be done parenteral, will begin fluid and electrolyte correction. Corticosteroid is administered in high doses for several weeks. After treatment with corticosteroids are administered 5-aminosalicylates acid or salazopirin. In toxic forms of disease will be administrated antibiotics;

In mild forms of ulcerative colitis are administered 5-aminosalicylates acid or salazopirin.

Surgery is rarely practiced, in case of perforation of the colon, in case of toxic megacolon or if the bleeding can not be controlled therapeutically.Development of colon cancer can occur in more than 10 years of disease, if is affected the entire colon and if severe epithelial dysplasia exist. Because of this, endoscopic surveillance is mandatory in patients with ulcerative colitis which has a long evolution.

Disclaimer: All of the material is not intended to replace the attention or advice of a physician or other qualified healthcare professional. The protocols presented here are one opinion of an integrated approach to investigation and metabolic support with conventional medical approaches to numerous conditions. They should always undertaken with the supervision of physician of other qualified health professional, and I strongly recommend that you verify every recommendation with the current literature and the rapidly evolving art and science of molecular preventive medicine. The biochemical individuality of each human being is paramount. The necessity of blood, urine, stool and tissue testing is essential to tailoring each program to suit the needs of each person who wishes to embark on this journey from a unique state of unwellness and disease to wellness and health.

We should all be familiar with the idea that food intake is energy intake. And when one eats too much, they are taking in too much energy - and if this energy is not used in active processes in the body, it will be stored. Most of it will be stored as fat. Obese states occur when energy intake chronically exceeds energy expenditure, as all the excess energy is locked up in the extensive fat reserves.The specialised cells which store fat are called adipocytes, and fatty tissue is referred to as adipose. An interesting observation is that an adult who becomes obese has the same number of adipocytes as they did when they were lean. The idea being that at around the age of 8 or so, one stops producing any significant number of adipocytes. Past this, more fat is packed into the existing cells, so they just swell up. It seems that some people may be primed to put on more weight because of a greater existing number of adipocytes produced during childhood, because they have more ‘storage space’ in which to pack fat.light micrograph of adipose tissueAdipose tissue is more than just a fatty store, though. It is also an active endocrine organ, releasing chemical signals into the bloodstream to signal to the brain and the rest of the body about its current energy state, so the body can adjust its function and behaviour to meet its current needs.Obesity is more than simply being overweight, however. There are major imbalances that occur within the body prior to, and as a result which make this such an important disease in the modern world. During obesity, tissues become desensitised to chemical signals which would usually signal to them to decrease food intake, or to increase energy expenditure. Examples of this are the decreased effect of leptin in the feeding-control-centres of the hypothalamus, leptin on skeletal muscle and adiponectin on the brain and skeletal muscle. These are signals which would ordinarily decrease energy intake by modifying behaviour and metabolism, thus keeping weight down. But in obesity, they become dysregulated. As a result, cells become more prone to store energy as fat, and feeding centres in the brain become impaired. Furthermore, obesity is linked to type II diabetes. The excess expansion of adipocytes from all their fat uptake can stimulate inflammatory immune cells (via hypoxia-induced mechanisms) which can damage the insulin secreting cells of the pancreas. The excess fatty acids present in circulation can also act to inhibit the glucose sensing mechanisms in these insulin secreting cells. This leads to dysregulation of glucose homeostasis, and what we consider to be Diabetes mellitus, aka Type II Diabetes.Adipose as an endocrine organ, and some of its roles in hormonal signallingThe underlying biochemistry of obesity shows that there may be certain genetic predispositions which make it more likely for somebody to enter an obese state. Some may shrug this aside as saying ‘You’re just giving fat people an excuse’. But that isn’t the point. Such sentiments merely reflect the negative social stigma attached to obesity, which leads to the psychological impact of obesity on the patient. These social pressures make obesity more than just a disorder of energy regulation, but a disorder which affects psychological state. Predispositions may occur via polymorphism of the structure of hormone-responsive receptors which mediate energy regulating behaviour or metabolism, through variation in horomone secretion patterns, the number of adipocytes one has, amongst many others. Likewise, it’s progression into diabetes relies on multiple imbalances and factors which just complicate the whole diabetes/obesity picture somewhat.

Figure 1. The effects of ghrelin on the CNS, and subsequent glucose, lipid and energy metabolism.

(A) Ghrelin is secreted mainly by the stomach, and can (B) have paracrine or endocrine effects on GI motility or (C) circulate in the blood and act on CNS growth hormone secretagogue receptors (GHS-Rs) inside and outside the blood–brain barrier. Known target areas in the CNS include the hypothalamus, the ventral tegmentum and nucleus accumbens, the hippocampus and GHS-R populations in the brainstem area. The actions of ghrelin in the CNS contribute (D) to the control of food intake and (E) co-regulate tissue-specific cellular pathways in the periphery, thereby governing glucose, lipid and energy metabolism. Control of peripheral metabolism by ghrelin and the CNS is mediated by the autonomic nervous system as well as the hypothalamic–pituitary endocrine axes. Apart from in the stomach, ghrelin is produced in a variety of peripheral tissues, although to a very low extent. (F) Paracrine ghrelin secretion from pancreatic cells might, however, be of importance for the inhibition of insulin secretion from cells as well as for -cell viability. Abbreviations: BAT, brown adipose tissue; CNS, central nervous system; GI, gastrointestinal; WAT, white adipose tissue.

Disclaimer: All of the material is not intended to replace the attention or advice of a physician or other qualified healthcare professional. The protocols presented here are one opinion of an integrated approach to investigation and metabolic support with conventional medical approaches to numerous conditions. They should always undertaken with the supervision of physician of other qualified health professional, and I strongly recommend that you verify every recommendation with the current literature and the rapidly evolving art and science of molecular preventive medicine. The biochemical individuality of each human being is paramount. The necessity of blood, urine, stool and tissue testing is essential to tailoring each program to suit the needs of each person who wishes to embark on this journey from a unique state of unwellness and disease to wellness and health.

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We announced our belief a few weeks ago that the Fed loan to the ECB could with fractional banking be $10 trillion. This past week we found that Credit Suisse shares our ideas as well. We believe that what this move by the Fed and the ECB is telling us that this is probably it. We also ask again how can the banks in the LTRP repay the funds in a timely manner? No plan has been presented before or since, there is no plan. Again, just throw money at the problem. The only player really capable of saving Europe is Germany and they would destroy themselves in the process. Everyone should have seen this coming but no one did except a handful of insiders. The resultant use of funds since the ECB distribution is hardly even mentioned in the media. It is a big dark secret.
Will Germany want to rescue France or will France want to be rescued? We say it depends in part who the next president of France is in May. Based on current polls the socialists lead, but it is a very tight race. If Sarkozy loses in the primaries it will then depend on whether the conservatives throw their vote to Marine Le Pen and FN, something the conservatives have never done before. One thing is for sure if either the Socialist or the FN win the euro is history and perhaps the EU as well. We watched this years ago when the conservatives threw almost all their votes to the Socialists. This time it could be different.
As in Germany more than 50% of French voters want an end to the euro, but the major media does not bring this to anyone’s attention. The French are no longer anxious about their leadership position. They want France the way it once was; not jumbled up with a group of other countries. We saw this when we lived there 60 years ago. The French had a great drive on to make sure words like hotdog and weekend did not seep into the French language. We can vividly remember our daughter in Middle School in Lausanne, and Miss Galgosh storming the corridors yelling, parle français. You have to live in a culture to understand it.
If Le Pen eliminates Sarkozy, France will have set a new course no matter if it’s Hollande and Le Pen, part of which is the people versus the status quo. Germans and the French want change and that is rational considering their citizens no longer want the euro and all the responsibilities that go with it. This is the eternal game that is being played out within these countries. Even though the Federal Reserve came to the temporary rescue they have really lost their key front man in Sarkozy. The Fed, the US Treasury, the CIA and the Mossad are going to have to go to Plan B and we do not think they have an effective Plan B. The French are not dumb. They know exactly what has been going on. French banks and the French government have gone the limit in the attempts to save the euro and its constituent parts, the sovereign nations.
After French elections and later German elections we believe you will find that there will be cooperation on phasing out the euro among many things. The LTRO will allow for that transition phase. Greece has become a cat and mouse game and if the elitists and their appointed president think they are going to win they are mistaken. They lost 2-1/2 years ago. Once a new government is in place they’ll just reverse it all, default and go their own way, which they should have done 2-1/2 years ago, unfortunately Pasak sold them out. Greek creditors want a voluntary debt exchange, but they will take what they can get. In the end the creditors will sue and get nothing. Since when could you get blood from a stone: then there is the money owed via CDS, which is in the billions. Do you really believe credit default underwriters have any cash behind their promises to pay? It is all a scam. The backup funds do not exist. It should be noted no progress.
While Greece is headed to the dustbin the European one-worlders are fighting for an ESM, European Exchange Mechanism, which they plan to pass on January 30th in Mexico City. This would put the ESM online in July with a treasure chest of $650 billion, which may be increased. Where all the funds will come from remains to be seen and wait until the voters in each country discover they have been sold out again, and that their sovereignty is gone and with it their freedom and liberty. The banks do not have any transparency on the issue, so the public is essentially in the dark. That is the way the elitists like to work, secretly behind the scenes because you do not have a need to know.
Due to the LTRO at the ECB many investors are buying European bank debt again.
The downgrades of many sovereigns and banks recently cost the EFSF, its AAA rating. It fell from AAA to AA+. This is the pathway toward the implementation of the ESM, which has to be approved by all 27 EU members’ not just 17-euro zone members, as it was an amendment to the Lisbon Treaty. As of last week Germany refused to increase the size of the EFSF.
At the same time the ECB’s balance sheet has grown to $3.5 trillion dollars, which is larger than that of the Federal Reserve. This is a record and puts pressure on the euro, low interest rates and very high liquidity. The pledged collateral is in part financial garbage, and that means the euro will find it hard to stage a strong permanent rally.
Finland says the proposed new treaty is unnecessary and harmful. Their foreign minister says that Finland should not sign the treaty. The majority of the parliament has the same view.
During Sarkozy’s presidency almost $800 bullion was added to the national debt.
If we have a Greek default and more defaults to follow, will Germany leave the euro? It would give them the perfect opportunity to do so.
The world is waiting with bated breath for the US and its allies to attack Iran. We said this is a game and that the US is not logistically prepared for an Iran invasion. That we said will come in a year or more. Beating the war drums is not the same as war. The propaganda has been spewing forth for a month in order to relieve pressure on European financial problems simple misdirection and misinformation.
We believe part of this game is the result of Iran selling oil in other currencies over the past two years. The basis for the dollar’s strength is the petro dollar and if that grip is broken the US dollar will be in serious trouble. Being a corporatist, fascist dictatorial state allows the US to unilaterally do as it pleases. Financial sanctions on Iran will not work because they have powerful partners working with them, such as Russia, China, Japan and India. As far as others are concerned those who were beaten into submission by the State Department, we wonder where they will get their oil after the embargo is lifted? Actions bring consequences. A consequence of which can be pointed out in a recent agreement between China and Japan to deal in their own currencies, rather than in US dollars in trade settlement. The dethroning of the US petro-dollar is in process. The elitists in NYC and London are finding out Iran is no pushover as was Iraq and Libya. The US is never your friend and it is all about money and power. As a result the Japanese are buying Chinese bonds, which makes the agreement more significant. Over time the US dollar will lose its preeminent position and then finally the US will implement trade tariffs to finally stop the massive exodus of jobs and companies from the US. An important result as well will be the strengthening of the yen and yuan versus the dollar. If the euro fades from the scene it will make the yen and yuan more important. Without a euro the US dollar will be under intense pressure. For some time the euro has acted as blocker and cover for the dollar and that luxury is coming to an end. You just saw US backstage action in the form of grading house downgrades to make the euro the negative highlight. Those raters are all in the pocket of the City of London Wall Street and the Fed. That to us explains the timing and tells us they want the euro and Greek problems to go on as long as possible. These elitists could care less about the future credibility of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch. All they care about is immediate results. These same agencies gave AAA ratings to mortgage securities that were Triple B. The court said they made a mistake - a $4 trillion mistake? You have to be kidding us. The game is rigged and has been for a long, long time.
It is Monday and as we write the big financial meeting is being held in Europe. The proposals as we understand them are already set in stone. Greece will issue a new 30-year bond, initially paying 3.10%, which would rise over time to 4.75%. they call this an orderly default, as implemented in Argentina 10-years ago.
In addition a fiscal, ESM, pact will be implemented taking over each state’s budget and spending. That pact would eliminate state sovereignty. There would still be fines or controls for those states that broke the rules.
The World Bank disclosed last week that it was lowering world GDP growth rates from 3.6% to 2.5%. High-income nations fell from 2.7% to 1.4%, which for the US would be 1-1/2% to 2%, which we changed our figures to three weeks ago. The Bank sees Mexico at 3.5%, more then double the rate of the US. They see European growth at 3.3%, which we see at 2% at best.
If you can believe this, the European downgrades, now that they have been accomplished, has generally set support levels for stock and bond markets, this in spite of a probably 20% plus lower S&P earnings for 2012. In three-months the Dow and S&P are up about 20%, which can only be maintained at best.
The unbelievable prosperity since WWII is over, as use of credit is curtailed and the US and world returns to reality. The average debt increase is $2.5 billion per year or $50 billion a year. That sustainability cannot be maintained indefinitely.

Fewer companies in the U.S. plan to boost payrolls in early 2012 even as growth is projected to pick up, a survey showed.
The share of companies seeking to add workers in the next six months fell to 27 percent, the lowest in at least five quarters, and 64 percent said employment will not change, the National Association for Business Economics said today in Washington. Sixty-five percent of firms estimated the world’s largest economy will grow more than 2 percent this year, up from 16 percent in an October survey.
“The optimism reflects growth in the economy,” said Nayantara Hensel, chairwoman of the NABE outlook survey committee and professor of Industry and Business at the National Defense University in Washington. “But the optimism could change as there’s also uncertainty. That’s why we see a degree of caution on employment.”
An improvement in the jobless rate and retail sales going into the holiday season may have helped lift the outlook in the latest survey, she said. At the same time, employers were holding steady on hiring and investment plans given concern over Europe’s debt woes, efforts to trim the U.S. deficit and swings in the price of oil reflecting tensions with Iran, Hensel said.
The share projecting employment will increase was down from 29 percent in October and 42 percent in the January 2011 report. Eight percent said they will cut payrolls, down from 12 percent in the previous survey.
In the latest survey, taken Dec. 15 to Jan. 5, fewer participants also said they will pick up the pace of spending on new plants and equipment for the next 12 months. Fifty-three percent forecast a rise in capital investment, down from 60 percent in the prior survey, and 42 percent said it would stay the same.
While 29 percent of respondents projected sales would decrease in the next six months due to the debt crisis in Europe, 63 percent said it was unlikely to affect demand. Firms were about evenly divided over whether the failure of U.S. debt- reduction efforts would hurt their business.
A stable inflation outlook was among the bright spots in the report. About 55 percent of companies said materials costs were likely to remain little changed in the next three months, similar to the prior survey, and 71 percent of firms reported wages are holding steady.
Sixty-three NABE members responded to the survey. The National Association for Business Economics, founded in 1959, is the professional organization for people who use economics in their work.South Carolina's attorney general has notified the U.S. Justice Department of potential voter fraud.
Attorney General Alan Wilson sent details of an analysis by the Department of Motor Vehicles to U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles.
In a letter dated Thursday, Wilson says the analysis found 953 ballots cast by voters listed as dead. In 71 percent of those cases, ballots were cast between two months and 76 months after the people died. That means they "voted" up to 6 1/3 years after their death.
The letter doesn't say in which elections the ballots were cast.
The analysis came out of research for the state's new voter identification law. The U.S. Justice Department denied clearance of that law.
Wilson told Nettles he asked the State Law Enforcement Division to investigate.

The New American Divide The ideal of an 'American way of life' is fading as the working class falls further away from institutions like marriage and religion and the upper class becomes more isolated. Charles Murray on what's cleaving America, and why.
The primary indicator of the erosion of industriousness in the working class is the increase of primeage males with no more than a high school education who say they are not available for work they are "out of the labor force." That percentage went from a low of 3% in 1968 to 12% in 2008…
In 1960, America already had the equivalent of SuperZIPs in the form of famously elite neighborhoods.
But despite their prestige, the people in them weren't uniformly wealthy or even affluent. Across 14 of the most elite places to live in 1960, the median family income wasn't close to affluence. It was just $84,000 (in today's purchasing power). Only one in four adults in those elite communities had a college degree.
By 2000, that diversity had dwindled. Median family income had doubled, to $163,000 in the same elite ZIP Codes. The percentage of adults with B.A.s rose to 67% from 26%. And it's not just that elite neighborhoods became more homogeneously affluent and highly educated …
Why have these new lower and upper classes emerged? For explaining the formation of the new lower class, the easy explanations from the left don't withstand scrutiny. It's not that white working class males can no longer make a "family wage" that enables them to marry. The average male employed in a working-class occupation earned as much in 2010 as he did in 1960. It's not that a bad job market led discouraged men to drop out of the labor force. Labor-force dropout increased just as fast during the boom years of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s as it did during bad years.
As I've argued in much of my previous work, I think that the reforms of the 1960s jump-started the deterioration. Changes in social policy during the 1960s made it economically more feasible to have a child without having a husband if you were a woman or to get along without a job if you were a man; safer to commit crimes without suffering consequences; and easier to let the government deal with problems in your community that you and your neighbors formerly had to take care of. [Socialism]

SHORT NOTES

Unemployment dropped in 37 U.S. states in December, indicating the improvement in the job market is broad based as the economy picks up.Alabamashowed the biggest decrease in joblessness, with its rate falling to 8.1 percent last month from 8.7 percent in November, a report from the Labor Department showed today in Washington. Payrolls increased in 25 states, led by Texas.

An average of 6.69 billion shares changed hands on U.S. exchanges in the 50 days ended Jan. 18, the fewest on record in Bloomberg data starting three years ago that excludes over-the-counter venues. On the New York Stock Exchange, volume has tumbled to the lowest level since 1999.
Warren Buffett’s Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC is among U.S. and Canadian railroads that stand to benefit from the Obama administration’s decision to reject TransCanda Corp’s Keystone XL oil pipeline permit.
If the GOP had any smarts, they’d batter Obama and Buffett over this incessantly.

GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM AND PALADIUM

Early Monday started out great with gold up $13.58 and silver $1.05 at 5:04 a.m. EST. Gold rose twice to plus $14.00 and was knocked down at 7:00 a.m. EST to plus $8.50 and silver plus $0.65.
Spot gold rose $14.30 to $1,678.00, as February rose $14.20 to $1,678.20. Spot silver rose $0.59 to $32.22, as March rose $0.62 to $32.19. Both were capped all session. Gold open interest fell 2,833 contracts to 438,547 and silver OI rose 2,351 to 104,406. Don’t forget Thursday is gold and silver option expiration date. The gold and silver cartel will defend $1,700 gold. If the cartel losses and there is a breakout beyond $1,700, it won’t be long until we see $1,800 again.
The XAU rose 2.24 to 189.26 and the HUI rose 5.08 to 506.65. The story of the day was the buyout of MFN by PAAS, which I felt was a terrible deal. We sent everyone a special alert on what to do with the situation and how to solve this problem, which we shouldn’t have had to address.
The Dow fell 11 to 12,708 as S&P rose 5 and Nasdaq 17 Dow points. The yield on the 10-year T-bill was 2.07%. The yen fell .0002 to $.7694; the euro rose .0114 to $1.3039; the pound rose .0035 to $1.5566; the Swiss franc rose .0001 to $.9260. The USDX fell .36 to 79.79.
Oil rose $1.65 to $99.98, gas rose $0.06 to $2.80 and natural gas rose $0.21 to $2.55. Copper rose $0.07 to $3.81, platinum rose $32.60 to $1,564.90 and palladium rose $11.25 to $687.25. The CRB Index rose 3.84 to 313.75.

Early Tuesday gold was off $13.80 and silver $0.11. Spot gold fell $13.80, as February fell $12.40 to $1,665.90. Spot silver fell $0.32, as March fell $0.28 to $31.98. The day wasn’t good nor was it bad. Gold open interest fell 1,845 contracts to 436.642, as silver OI fell 1,376 to 103,030.

The Dow fell 33 to 12,675, S&P fell 13 and Nasdaq fell 17 Dow points. The 10-year Treasury yield was 2.06%. The yen fell .0121 to $.7768; the euro rose .0006 to $1.3026; the pound rose .0053 to $1.5608; the Swiss franc fell .0012 to $.9277 and the Canadian dollar fell .0017 to $.9891. The USDX rose .09 to 79.86.
Oil fell $0.48 to $99.10, gas rose $0.03 to $2.82 and natural gas rose $0.03 to $2.55. Copper fell $0.01 to $3.81, platinum fell $11.60 to $1,549.50 and palladium fell $9.30 to $679.55. The CRB rose 1.11 to 314.69.
In the latest breaking news the Greek debt problem rolls on. The bondholders want a 4% coupon nothing less. There is no deal.
The situation is Eastern Europe is dire and getting worse.
India’s going to pay for oil with gold, not all of it, part of it.

India is the first buyer of Iranian oil to agree to pay for its purchases in gold instead of the US dollar, debkafile's intelligence and Iranian sources report exclusively. Those sources expect China to follow suit. India and China take about one million barrels per day, or 40 percent of Iran's total exports of 2.5 million bpd. Both are superpowers in terms of gold assets.
By trading in gold, New Delhi and Beijing enable Tehran to bypass the upcoming freeze on its central bank's assets and the oil embargo, which the European Union's foreign ministers agreed to impose Monday, Jan. 23. The EU currently buys around 20 percent of Iran's oil exports.
The vast sums involved in these transactions are expected, furthermore, to boost the price of gold and depress the value of the dollar on world markets.
Iran's second largest customer after China, India purchases around $12 billion a year's worth of Iranian crude, or about 12 percent of its consumption. Delhi is to execute its transactions, according to our sources, through two state-owned banks: the Calcutta-based UCO Bank, whose board of directors is made up of Indian government and Reserve Bank of India representatives; and Halk Bankasi (Peoples Bank), Turkey's seventh largest bank which is owned by the government.
An Indian delegation visited Tehran last week to discuss payment options in view of the new sanctions. The two sides were reported to have agreed that payment for the oil purchased would be partly in yen and partly in rupees. The switch to gold was kept dark.
India thus joins China in opting out of the US-led European sanctions against Iran's international oil and financial business. Turkey announced publicly last week that it would not adhere to any sanctions against Iran's nuclear program unless they were imposed by the United Nations Security Council.
The EU decision of Monday banned the signing of new oil contracts with Iran at once, while phasing out existing transactions by July 1, 2012, when the European embargo, like the measure enforced by the United States, becomes total. The European foreign ministers also approved a freeze on the assets of the Central Bank of Iran which handles all the country's oil transactions.
However, the damage those sanctions cause the Iranian economy will be substantially cushioned by the oil deals to be channeled through Turkish and Indian state banks. China for its part has declared its opposition to sanctions against Iran.
debkafile's intelligence sources disclose that Tehran has set up alternative financial mechanisms with China and Russia for getting paid for its oil in currencies other than US dollars. Both Beijing and Moscow are keeping the workings of those mechanisms top secret.

EUROPE

European services and factory output strengthened in January, led by a “robust” performance by Germany, as the region’s leaders work to find a solution to the debt crisis.
A euro-area composite indexbased on a survey of purchasing managers in both industries rose to 50.4, a five-month high, from 48.3 in December, London-based Markit Economics said in a report today. Still, incoming new business fell and the increase in output was partly due to companies reducing order backlogs.
European finance ministers continue talks today on crafting a long-term fix to the region’s debt crisis after calling yesterday on bondholders to provide greater debt relief to Greece. While the turmoil has undermined the recovery, some measures of investor and consumer confidencehave improved and European Central Bank President Mario Draghihas said 2012 will be a “much better” year.
There is “tentative evidence suggesting that the downturn in the euro zone as a whole may be gradually bottoming out,” said Martin Van Vliet, an economist at ING Group in Amsterdam. “However, it is premature to start talking about green shoots of recovery” and “any return to positive growth later this year will likely be slow and gradual.”
Economists forecast that the composite PMI would rise to 48.5, according to the median of 17 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey. A reading below 50 indicates contraction.

Spain faces more unemployment misery and needs serious labor market reforms, the country's central bank warned Monday as it slashed its economic forecasts for this year.
The Bank of Spain predicted the country's economy will contract 1.5 percent this year, rather than expand by that same amount as per its forecast until now.
In a report, the bank said that since last summer the eurozone debt crisis has sapped business confidence and choked off bank credit. This has caused a major drop in domestic demand, only partially offset by strong exports.
In 2012, household spending will contract because of euro15 billion ($19 billion) in tax hikes and spending cuts already enacted by the new conservative government to chip away at the budget deficit, it said.
The economy will expand in 2013, but only by 0.2 percent, the central bank forecast.
It warned that the gloomy outlook will hit jobs without thorough labor market reforms. Spain already has a 21.5 percent unemployment rate and figures due out Friday are expected to show a further rise.
The new conservative government that swept to power after Nov. 20 elections has warned Spain will fall into recession this quarter because of declines in GDP in the last three months of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012.
According to figures released Monday from the Bank of Spain, fourth quarter GDP was down 0.3 percent compared with the previous quarter.
The Bank of Spain's 2012 GDP forecast until now was already much less optimistic than the 2.3 percent rise that the outgoing Socialists clung to as a forecast almost until they left office. They then lowered it significantly, but never predicted economic contraction.
The government has already said that because of the economic conditions, the 2011 deficit will be closer to 8 percent than the 6 percent which had been forecast by the outgoing Socialists.
Now, Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro is suggesting that what had been a sacred mantra for the ruling Popular Party — reducing it to 4.4 percent of output this year — may not be achievable.
Separately, Development Minister Ana Pastor froze plans to sell concessions to run Madrid and Barcelona airports, saying economic conditions were not right.
The idea originated from the last government but was delayed in October on grounds bidders wanted more time to raise money. That government had hoped to bring in a total of euro5.3 billion to reduce Spain's debt.

Investors, economists and politicians are increasingly concerned that Portugal will need a second bailout as fears mount that it won't be able to return to markets for financing next year.
While the Portuguese government's finances are covered this year as long as it abides by its bailout agreement, Portugal must regain full access to capital markets next year to help repay €9 billion ($11.64 billion) in debt coming due in September 2013.
While that date is still far off, the International Monetary Fund could require Portugal to present its financing plans a full year ahead before releasing more aid.

Germany rejected calls for boosting the size of the planned euro-zone bailout fund, even as talks on restructuring Greek debt stalled over the weekend and raised the specter of a possible Greek default.

Banks and other private institutions represented by the Institute of International Finance (IIF) say a 4.0 percent coupon is the least they can accept if they are going to write down the nominal value of the debt they hold by 50 percent.

Greece says it is not prepared to pay a coupon of more than 3.5 percent, and euro zone finance ministers effectively backed the Greek government's position at Monday's meeting, a position that the International Monetary Fund also supports.

FYI: Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger is not only a member of the trilateral commission, he is the foreign editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. he knows Mr. Volcker personally, no doubt about it. Given the Chatham House rules, it means something that he quoted Volcker in an article of the faz from a trilateral commission meeting in Dublin, Ireland from may 7 - 9, 2010.
The funny thing about it: that article was only published in the print-edition of the faz, but not in the online-version.

The 10-year yield spread over Bonds has widened nearly 200 basis points this week after the Greek debt talks failed last Friday, and were briefly suspended, and as a downgrade by Standard & Poor’s to “junk” forced some index-tracking investors to sell. As Greece and creditors work against the clock to try to reach a deal, Portuguese 10-year yields hovered near euro-era highs.
If Greece gets private bondholders to write-down losses on their Greek bond investments, thereby reducing its debt load, what’s to stop struggling Portugal from seeking to do the same?

France and Germany will call on Monday for a relaxation of global bank capital rules to prevent lending to the real economy being choked off, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

European officials will forge ahead today with crafting a long-term plan to tackle the region’s debt crisis, as banking and government negotiators continue trying to reach an agreement that will lighten Greece’s debt burden. European Union finance ministers will meet in Brussels to discuss new budget rules, a financial firewall to protect indebted states and a Greek debt swap, with EU leaders racing to cobble together a firm rescue response in the coming weeks.

HEALTH – Herbalist – Wendy Wilson

SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT!
The year of 2012 is going to be the year of great change. Is there anything that can stop the EU from controlling the US, Canada and Mexico? What does this mean for North America and the global population? It means that unless we do something now the boundaries separating individual countries are melting away. The attitude of the powers driving this change is that the world will be one big blended family and if you don’t agree, find somewhere else to live. If it were that simple to stop the world I want to get off. Let’s look at what is in the works and what we can do to protect our health freedoms.

CANADA – HEADS UP
For the past nine months the Canadian government has been in heavy negotiations with the EU in trying to establish a standardized trade agreement called CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement). If Canada agrees to the standards the EU has set for the food, drug and dietary supplement sectors it will have limited resources in those sectors. Products that do not meet the EU’s protocols will be prohibited. In case you forgot, as of May 2011 herbs are prohibited from entering the EU without a lengthy investigation by the Ministry of Health and purchase of import licenses. Supplement products not meeting pharmaceutical manufacturing and research protocols are prohibited.

AMERICA – HEADS UP
You will recall that America, Canada and Mexico developed the North American Trilateral Cooperation Charter (TCC) last year. This agreement seeks to also streamline the standards of food, drugs and dietary supplements. Forget individual regulations or guidelines. This is about global regulations. So, if Canada merges with the EU there may very well be language in the TCC that the EU’s protocols trump the TCC requirements. They are somewhat similar to begin with and therefore why split hairs, right?

“If we have learned anything from 2011, it’s that the FDA is losing patience with the dietary supplement industry. Insiders in the industry must report those they know are breaking the new laws.” Rebecca Wright, Editor Neutraceuticals World

A FRESH EXAMPLE
Proof that our world is changing faster than we would like is a disturbing example of the global government exercising authority in North America. A dietary supplement manufacturer and a supplement distributing company in Pennsylvania (ATF Fitness Products) are under investigation and injunction by the FDA for what the FDA alleges they violated Article 13 of the Good Manufacturing Guidelines (GMP). From what I gather, the companies in question only make and distribute their products in the United States. However, the EU Trade Association has also submitted claims against the PA company stating that all they needed to investigate was for claim that Article 13 was violated (allegedly violated) to be an admission for the EU to investigate as well. Apparently the EU has language in their regulations that if a complaint that article 13.1 claims have been filed, that it also violates the EU’s Nutritional and Health Claims Regulation. This is considered confirmation of admissibility and an investigation of that company can be filed with the European Commission and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

DAY OF RECKONING
It appears that global government authority is ramping up regulations in all sectors which have an impact on your health. It also appears that their primary target at the moment is dietary supplements and all functional foods. From what I have heard, the FDA plans to make 2012 the year they start closing down business. How will they do that? They will heap numerous warning letters on companies and distributors to lay the ground work for their demise. They will bury these companies under a mountain of legal paper crushing the life out of your free market business in this sector. What else could be the outcome when you enforce pre-market approval on everything? An interesting way to enforce the CODEX isn’t it? Yes, I believe the FDA wants to ruin the whole food (functional food) and supplement industry. People need to stay sick to continue to prop up the pharmaceutical giants. No one is fooled by this merging of the nutritional and pharmaceutical markets. The products these sectors produce are opposites (light and darkness) and cannot co-exist. This is how the FDA shut down the natural health schools in the 19thcentury. In the mean time Nestle is spending billions in acquisitions in both of these sectors determined to make drugs and foods equal partners under one umbrella called global consumer healthcare. It is certainly ironic that the noose around our neck is called healthcare.